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Building momentum towards the realisation of environmental rights in Africa

by Joseph Burke and Tom Bicko Ooko Blog, Blog

In the powerful words of the global environmental icon,  Professor Wangari Maathai , ‘[t]here comes a time when humanity is called to shift to a new level of consciousness so that she stops threatening its life-support system.’ The twin resolutions by the UN Human Rights Council (resolution  48/13 , adopted on 8 October 2021) and the UN General Assembly (UNGA) (resolution  76/300 , adopted on …